WRKS is the better way to get hired in the
construction, development, and real estate industry
With WRKS, the companies seek you out. Instead of making countless applications and firing out resumes, simply create an account and tell us your education, skills, and certifications. That’s it. WRKS takes it from there. We then present you to companies who are looking for what you’ve got.

For Job Seekers

WRKS is the better way to get hired in the construction, development, and real estate industry With WRKS, the companies seek you out. Instead of making countless applications and firing out resumes, simply create an account and tell us your education, skills, and certifications. That’s it. WRKS takes it from there. We then present you to companies who are looking for what you’ve got.

Why WRKS?

Getting hired is a pain. It’s a full-time job to scan all the sites, put out letters and resumes, and hope someone calls back. Most of the time, we never hear back. So we don’t know when we’ll land our next job. We also don’t know how to find and get hired by companies we like. With all the uncertainty, is there any wonder why we avoid job searches, even sticking around in a less-than-ideal job just to avoid this process? This is why we have created WRKS. WRKS puts you in front of thousands of employers looking to hire with just one profile.

Number of positions filled through WRKS in 2017

1300

And today, we’re going to help you get hired too!

Get started in three easy steps!

Takes a minute to sign up and take back control of your future

Create a profile so WRKS can match you with companies.

Sign up and complete your profile. Keep your profile up to date and complete. (Tip: Employers are 80% more likely to reach out to you if your profile is complete including details of previous work.)

WRKS does the work, bringing employers to you.

We match you with employers looking for people like you. They will reach out to you when they are hiring.

WRKS does the work, bringing employers to you.

We match you with employers looking for people like you. They will reach out to you when they are hiring.

Engage, follow up, and get hired quickly!

You select the conversations to accept and the employers or positions to engage with

I had a great experience with WRKS. I set up my profile and two days later I got my first message from a construction company. I was hired within six days. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Gabor S.

Being a small business, WRKS is a great tool for me. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Jeff Tanner, OwnerJAT Renovations

I’ve made my first hire through WRKS. It was easy to identify him as someone I was interested in right away. Much better results that job boards.

Jeremy Stubbs, OwnerCraftsman Renovations

Finding painters can be a real problem for me. I was able to find candidates quickly thanks to WRKS.

Paul Likuski, OwnerWalls Alive Painting

I had a great experience with WRKS. I set up my profile and two days later I got my first message from a construction company. I was hired within six days. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Gabor S

Being a small business, WRKS is a great tool for me. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Jeff Tanner, OwnerJAT Renovations

I’ve made my first hire through WRKS. It was easy to identify him as someone I was interested in right away. Much better results that job boards.

Jeremy Stubbs, OwnerCraftsman Renovations

Finding painters can be a real problem for me. I was able to find candidates quickly thanks to WRKS.

Paul Likuski, OwnerWalls Alive Painting

I had a great experience with WRKS. I set up my profile and two days later I got my first message from a construction company. I was hired within six days. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Gabor S

I had a great experience with WRKS. I set up my profile and two days later I got my first message from a construction company. I was hired within six days. I can find full time or seasonal help of all skill levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is WRKS?

WRKS matches talented job seekers with local companies in the construction and real estate industry across Canada and the US. The industry includes construction companies, trades, architecture firms, engineering companies, developers, planning groups, real estate brokers, and the people who work for them.

Is it all hard hats and orange vests?

No, not at all! There are lots of opportunities for people to work on site, in the office, and both. The construction and real estate industry includes construction companies, trades, architecture firms, engineering companies, developers, planners, and real estate companies.

Is WRKS an employment agency?

WRKS is not an employment agency, nor is it a placement agency.

What are tags and how do they work?

Tags are descriptors used to add more detail to a user’s profile. These include skills tags (such as Plumbing, Interior Design, and Scheduling), Education tags (such as Undergraduate and Apprenticeship), and Certification tags (such as Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional).

Companies will use tags in their searches for candidates. WRKS uses these tags to match job seekers with companies.

To keep things sane, we limit the number of tags an job seeker can put on her or his profile and the number of tags a company can search for at a time.

Relevant tags not found

Please contact us at team@wrkspro.com – we appreciate your feedback. We will work to include more relevant tags in future updates.

How much does WRKS cost?

WRKS is free for job seekers.

I think I could qualify for several different roles

That’s great! Keep your profile as detailed as possible. You can use a variety of tags (up to 5 tags for each of skills, education levels, and certifications) in your profile to help companies find you.

How does the process work?

Job seekers build their profile with their education and experience details (like a resume), as well as with tags (for skills, education, and certification details). Companies use tags to search for candidates who best match their needs. When a company requests a connection- and the job seeker accepts this request- a chat window opens allowing the hiring conversation to begin. Companies can also save lots of headache and time by coordinating and collaborating with the entire hiring team within the app.

Does WRKS use my location?

Yes, WRKS will ask for your location in order to match you with local companies or job seekers.

What was the inspiration for creating WRKS?

We noticed several big gaps:

First, companies are struggling to find enough qualified people at all levels. Even though the industry is booming, there just aren’t enough people coming into the field. It seems to get worse every day at older workers move on to other careers or retire.

Second, the process of hiring is painful. On average, companies will spend $4200 (in some cases lots more) in hard costs and 52 days to make a hire. These two gaps mean that companies can’t bid more work, they lose more to competitors, they have to juggle projects more, and they can’t grow.

Third, job seekers face just as much of a challenge. The best way to land any job is to grow your network and show those you meet how you and what you do match their needs. But most people don’t have the time or experience to make this work. Instead, they play the numbers game: they reply to as many job postings and fire off as many resumes as they can hoping at least one will “hit.” As you can image, the numbers game is demoralizing to the job seeker and has the perverse effect of inundating the employers with scads of applications to wade through.

We thought, “What if businesses had the tools to overcome these obstacles? What if we could invite more people into the industry and make it easy for them to get hired? And what if we helped people find all sorts of professional opportunities in a satisfying, meaningful, and growing industry?” And that’s what we do.

How can I help?

Aww, thank you; we would love your help. You can tell your friends and family about us. Nothing will help us more than having more people choosing to hire or get hired this way. You can also send us your suggestions for improvements. What would make WRKS even better? Let us know by email team@wrkspro.com